We’ve continued northwards on the Route Napoleon to the northern edge of Haute Provence at Sisteron and onto the Hautes-Alpes region towards Gap. We’ve been rewarded with yet more beautiful scenery and majestic snow-capped mountain peaks around us. After seeing our second Vauban-designed citadel at Entrevaux, we came across another one that he had a… Continue reading Continuing along the Route Napoleon

As well as being more amenable to overnight stops, the mountainous area of the Alpes Maritime above the Riviera coast has stunning scenery and villages so we continued travelling north and west and enjoying some more off-grid stops. When we were in France last year we watched the seasons change into autumn and then winter… Continue reading Alpine Scenery

Moving further east we based ourselves for a few days at a campsite just outside Cannes. We stuck to the coast road and passed the Massif d’Esterel, a mountain range that looks rather like a terracotta coloured version of the Italian Dolomites. This is a lovely rugged expanse of coastline and slightly quieter because of… Continue reading The Riviera

Travelling south and east we made our way back down to the coast and stopped near Hyères-Plage and the Presqu’île de Giens which looks out over the islands of Porquerolles, Port-Cros and Ile de Levant – Les îles d’Or. We stopped in the village of Giens with views on one side out to sea towards… Continue reading Wind and Water

Another week that brought contrasts, changes in weather and more interesting discoveries. As we headed east and south we passed into Provence and immediately saw the changing landscape with stone-clad houses, cypress trees, olive groves and vines. We drove through the beautiful Parc Naturel Régional of the Luberon, a mountainous area with pale golden villages… Continue reading In the west of Provence

Every day brings a huge variety of scenery as we drive to new destinations and we try not to get blasé about it and sharing the driving means we both get to enjoy the landscape we pass through. Every one of our overnight stops brings us a different experience as well. As we started to… Continue reading Ancient History